by admin | Mar 19, 2022 | Community, RPT Research, Uncategorized, Volunteering
On February 2022 the first field task of the projects called “Identification and distribution of Rays populations in the Térraba River, Costa Rica” were carried out. This initiative financed by “beca azul” de Mision Tiburon aims to learn about the distribution of...
by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Los esperamos este Sábado a las 8:00 am en RPT para iniciar la en la Limpieza de Playa Tortuga. Come and join us this coming saturday (August 20) at 8:00 am for the Beach Clean Up.
by admin | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
At the end of July, an adult green turtle was found dead on Playa Tortuga. It was tagged, so Oscar was able to find out that this turtle had been at Isabela Island in 2011. Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galápagos, off of Ecuador. This is more than...
by admin | Aug 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
What does start the turtle season mean? It means we need more coffee for our staff and volunteers on night patrols! Turtle season for Playa Tortuga officially started last month (July). We built the beach hatchery, which means digging, moving, and sifting A LOT of...
by admin | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
The countdown has begun. After five months of staying at Reserva Playa Tortuga to almost going home to the normal life. Only two more weeks and then this big adventure has come to an end. I can’t believe that my time here went so fast. I’ve met so many new people and...
by admin | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Did you know that June 16th is the official World Sea Turtle Day? It was chosen to be this particular day because it is the birthday of Dr. Archie Carr, founder of the Sea Turtle Conservancy. Sea turtles have been swimming in the oceans for hundreds of millions of...
Reserva Playa Tortuga is a non-profit biological research and education center formed in 2009 by community members (“citizen scientists”) and Costa Rican scientists. read more